What the protection market study findings mean for advisers

Whenever the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launches a market study there can be a sense of both unease and opportunity sparked among those operating in the sector under scrutiny.  What aspects of the market will the regulator probe? What changes might they make? How can we use our influence to improve the market? How can the market deliver better outcomes for consumers? How might it affect our business?  These are the types of questions that firms in the protection market - both insurers and intermediaries - will have been asking throughout 2025. Now we have an answer, or at le...